Driver caught at 144 instead of 70km/h

A motorist on Monday evening had to hand in his driver's licence after being caught at more than double the speed allowed at a construction site on the A1.

29.07.2014

(CS) A motorist on Monday evening had to hand in his driver's licence after being caught at more than double the speed allowed at a construction site on the A1.

With part of the A1 closed for resurfacing, the speed limit around the Howald and Cents tunnel is lowered first to 90km/h and then to 70km/h.

At Croix de Gasperich a driver failed to observe the speed limit, ploughing through the site at 144km/h – above even the regular 130km/h speed limit – as well as cutting in front of a lorry.

The man was stopped in Senningerberg around 10pm and his licence was immediately confiscated.

Two further drivers had to hand in their licences in the night from Monday to Tuesday. A motorist in Clervaux was found sleeping in his car by police at 0.30am. The vehicle showed several dents and the man admitted to having driven drunk.

In Moselle-town Machtum meanwhile a driver was stopped around 0.25am because he had failed to turn on his headlights. A breathalyser test found the man to be drunk and police took his licence.